tubicolous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of tubicolous
Fist recorded in 1870–75; tubi- ( def. ) + -colous ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Among the burrowing and tubicolous forms it is not uncommon for the body to be distinguishable into two or more regions; a “thorax,” for example, is sharply marked off from an “abdomen” in the Sabellids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Naturally, it is among the free living forms that the parapodium is best developed, and least developed among the tubicolous Polychaeta.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Leaving out of consideration the tubicolous annelidæ, the mussels and stone-boring molluscs, the weaving caterpillars, and finally spiders, even the non-social hymenoptera present, among many insects, examples of a very skilful adaptation of materials.
From Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by Zenker, Ernst Viktor
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